Unmasking Economics
Upstairs @ 49
Unmasking the Economic Profession: the challenge of political economy STEVE KEEN and EVAN JONES in conversation with FRANK STILWELL In this event surrounding the publication of Political Economy Now! Sydney University academics and coauthors Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell and the controversial economist Steve Keen will discuss the struggles inside the academy and their significance, not only for teaching but for the general understanding of modern economic issues. Political Economy Now! by Gavan Butler, Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell is the story of one of the most substantial and enduring conflicts in the history of Australian universities. Beginning in the late 1960s, it pitted those committed to the teaching of mainstream economics at the University of Sydney against the proponents of an alternative program in political economy. It explores issues such as: Why all the fuss over the teaching of economics? Why were the disagreements so deep and protracted? What has been at stake? Why did dissident staff and students commit so much time and energy to establishing and developing alternative courses? Why does it matter in the broader world?
Tuesday June 16, 6.30 for 7pm 49 Glebe Pt. Rd, Glebe Cost: $10/$7 conc. gleeclub welcome Book: ph. 9660 2333, gleebooks.com.au/events
Unmasking the Economic Profession: the challenge of political economy STEVE KEEN and EVAN JONES in conversation with FRANK STILWELL In this event surrounding the publication of Political Economy Now! Sydney University academics and coauthors Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell and the controversial economist Steve Keen will discuss the struggles inside the academy and their significance, not only for teaching but for the general understanding of modern economic issues. Political Economy Now! by Gavan Butler, Evan Jones and Frank Stilwell is the story of one of the most substantial and enduring conflicts in the history of Australian universities. Beginning in the late 1960s, it pitted those committed to the teaching of mainstream economics at the University of Sydney against the proponents of an alternative program in political economy. It explores issues such as: Why all the fuss over the teaching of economics? Why were the disagreements so deep and protracted? What has been at stake? Why did dissident staff and students commit so much time and energy to establishing and developing alternative courses? Why does it matter in the broader world?
Tuesday June 16, 6.30 for 7pm 49 Glebe Pt. Rd, Glebe Cost: $10/$7 conc. gleeclub welcome Book: ph. 9660 2333, gleebooks.com.au/events
